Since 2012, J Rêve International has created opportunities for emerging visual and performing artists, and arts programmers to travel abroad and be immersed in another culture in meaningful ways that enhance their creativity, careers, and perspectives.Continue reading
Category: International projects
J Rêve Developing Science Short Film Pitch Contest in Senegal & Mozambique & Mumbai
J Rêve International is pleased to announce it’s development to host Science Short Film Pitch competitions in Senegal, Mumbai and Mozambique. Filmmakers will be invited to present a concept that has science or science fiction as essentialContinue reading
J Rêve Launches Global Educator Fellowship. Senegal: April, 2015.
To learn more and see videos and photos of this program, click here. Professional Development with an International Focus Results in Creative Approaches to Instruction: Dakar, Senegal. April 3-11, 2015 To achieve standards of excellence,Continue reading
“Change our World” Essay contest
J Rêve International presents an international creativity enrichment program for adolescents developed to offer them global perspectives, leadership opportunities, and meaningful social capital. “When I was 11 years old, I won first place in theContinue reading
Senegal TV Features
Click here to view Jacqueline Cofield on Good Morning TV in Senegal Jacqueline Cofield has been featured on SenTV and 2STV on various occasions in Dakar, Senegal to discuss the arts projects she produces as partContinue reading
Kamali Minter: J Rêve Global Artist Residency South Africa & Mozambique
Filmmaker, actress, and healthy lifestyle advocate Kamali Minter travelled to Mozambique and South Africa for the first time for a J Rêve International residency in February and March 2013. It was her first time in Africa. J Rêve International’sContinue reading
“Akon Lighting Africa” launches solar panel initiative; J Rêve assists
Global music artist Akon, in partnership with founders Thione Niang of Give1Project and Samba Bathily of ADS Global Corporation SA, initiated the project “Akon Lighting Africa Project” (ALA) tour which brought electricity to one (1) millionContinue reading
J Rêve launches Give1Arts in Senegal, & global growth
Give1Arts, envisioned and launched by Jacqueline Cofield in Dakar, Senegal in 2013, is a platform for emerging visual and performing artists to showcase and develop their craft, as well as an opportunity for community developmentContinue reading
“In Search of the Light” Documentary film on African American artists abroad
Currently in post-production, In Search of the Light, was shot in 7 countries (US, France, Italy, Spain, England, Mexico, and the Netherlands) and includes interviews with leading African American visual artists, exploring the impact ofContinue reading
“Dans’Artes” A documentary feature film on an artistic village in Mozambique
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” ~ Martha Graham ~ Choreographer Maria Helena Pinto of Maputo, Mozambique had a vision to create an artistic village in the neighboring town, Matola, called Dans’Artes. TheContinue reading
J Rêve featured on Chicago’s WVON radio
Jacqueline Cofield was featured on WVON Chicago’s Charles Butler show to discuss the documentary “Art Legacy Abroad, ” which features fine artists Ed Clark, Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, Angelbert Metoyer, Sam Middleton, Nanette Carter, RichardContinue reading